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[quote=Anonymous]I have two friends, each with three kids, who potty trained all three kids in 1-2 days when they turned 3. But their MO was to wait until the 3rd birthday before making any potty training attempts at all. So there was no baggage associated with the potty at the time.

One friend used treats in exchange for potty trips.  You go in the potty, you get an M&M or whatever.  The other friend gave candy for durations of staying dry. They didn't wait for the kid to decide the kid was ready, but believed it would be easier and faster to potty train an older, more developed child, and chose the 3rd birthday to initiate for that reason.

Like you, I had a kid who didn't mind being dirty at all, and spent from 26-33 months in the process of potty training, wearing underpants with no diapers ever and having anywhere from 0 to 5 accidents per day.  Even though we finished before age 3, it was a hellacious process that I don't recommend, but also don't know how to avoid. Would it have been better if we waited until 3 to start? Maybe, but maybe it would have been worse. She basically flipped a switch and just started initiating potty trips consistently all of a sudden, and I have no idea what did it. I gleaned no useful insight, sorry!

My next kid hated being dirty and potty trained shortly after turning two in one or two days. Like night and day. [/quote]

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